writing. he still has a few movies that committed to next year. >> i hope that he is dancing still. of newsing another hour right now. > >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. a rogue start to the commute on the beltway after the flipped on its side. picture as they continue off loading the truck. still a mess through the morning commute. are upset after a gun lockernd in a student's at a fairfax county school. >> and why you will find dogs f a real car.eel o that's coming up this hour. good morning, washington. great to have you with us on this thursday morning. i am pamela brown. >> i am steve chenevey. get right to jacqui jeras with the forecast.

i don't want the dog driving the car. back in theon snl day. that story in a moment. first, the big chill is back. headline.r better temperatures are 25 degrees to this hour colder at than yesterday morning. be good news is there will lots of sunshine. we do have a milder weekend ahead. out with temperatures mostly in the freezing rain. 36 degrees at reagan national now. now, back to you. traffic headaches on the 270.ay outer loop at >> the tractor-trailer flipped side around 2:00 this

morning. unload it.o john gonzalez as the latest. >> i have to tell you, a highway fast work ofing still takeswill hours. dozen workersa t now, and human conveyor belts inside the 18-wheeler, which test flipped over on its side. thousands anding thousands of pounds of pineapple, box by box. they have set up an area on the lane where they are walls of boxes. the outbound lanes of 495 near 270, the driver of the 18- wheeler lost control of his d over.nd flippe you can see one lane is still closed. too early to tell if they have to close other lanes. they unload the entire

truck, they will have to upright it. they have heavy machinery, cranes, heavy-duty tow trucks, cab of the truck. once they have emptied the back, it. will upright traffic is getting thicker in the meantime. state highway administration officials tell us the work will done anytime soon, thenitely not before morning rush-hour. coming through this area, it will be very slow going. live along the gonzalez, abc 7. >> a good reminder. check in the jamee whitten. not just the beltway has problems. >> a couple incident. at foro to newschopper 7 back ofe on the scene of thehe incident. need to plan extra time. glad you are with us so you are

coming fromff guard college park to silver spring. this is just after the exit to 270 before you get georgetown road. we are seeing delays building back near connecticut avenue. virginia 395 northbound, duke street, accident, to the right shoulder. for delays around edsall road. back to you. >> thank you. we spoke a little about the update on the royal pregnancy. good news on that. olabanji? >> the duchess of cambridge has the hospital. we got some video a few minutes o from abc news in london. edwardher leaving king vii hospital with her husband prince william. they're headed to kensington where she willn for some rest. she was treated for two morning sickness related to her

y for about four days. than 12 weeks pregnant with their first child. good news that she's leaving the hospital. her brother, sister, and father her at the hospital. back to you. >> thank you. happy for her. firethis morning, alexandriars in what causedgure out luxury condominium complex that such a person to a hospital. broke out around 12:00. washingtonuth street, south of old town. apartment had severe damage. residents were evacuated. five people are dead and injured in violent clashes that continue outside the presidential palace in egypt. opponents ofd president mohamed morsi scored r the first time in two weeks. groups have thrown rocks and firebombs at each other. the conflict centers around is g himself near absolute power. >> in the day ahead, said that

fairfax county a r school officials made a frightening discovery. found a gun in a locker at robinson secondary school in fairfax. brianne carter has the latest. at the school yesterday. students will be returning here .oday still many questions coming from parents and students and exactlythis what led to this. n was found in a locker yesterday here. prompted the officials at look inside the locker still remains part of investigation. that question is not being answered. some parents that came here that they were about not being notified immediately. however, the school said if they an e-mail to all parents of notifying them of the incident. was quickly confiscated and a school spokesperson says there was never in the danger. say therend parents

were glad action was taken. >> i'm happy they did find it. very comforting to feel the is doing their job. in an e-mail to parents, the police or said, " immediately and administrative investigations are underway. the students have been and question period of the appropriate disciplinary n responsel be taken i to this very serious event." still many questions about the students involved and what grade that not being released. return here in a matter of hours. live, brianne carter. >> and sex couples in maryland g up marriagekin licenses today. arundel, frederick, and montgomery are expected to start licenses today. a couple will not be able to get married until january 1. voters approved the referendum on same-sex marriage last month. 6:07 right now, 34 degrees.

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so high pressure will dominate the rest of our weather. our next system is waiting in in thegs already midsection. are traveling today, delays frombe some minneapolis and chicago. looking good ups and downs east coast. there's a system rainfall.lenty of for today, mostly sunny skies, 36 degrees at 44 at noon. high temperature of 46 degrees today. have a warm up in the seven- moment.cast, in a first, our traffic is moving with a pineapple truck accident. >> we are busy on the beltway. a quick update on metro rail, ande's a broken down train schedule are the green trains, single- parking between college and greenbelt. needed. extra time let's get you to the pineapple k on the beltway in bethesda

loop westbound leaving college park into a spring/accustomed, this the exit to go 270. on losingt side, you are one lane with the cleanup. on its side.iler they are off loading boxes a pineapple. my goodness. back to you. >> thank you. right now it is 6:13. closure could be on the way for families of two iowa cousins missing five months ago. caskey is checking holiday lights at the national zoo.

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afghanistan. now. jummy olabanji >> we have learned through officials that the country's intelligence chief has wounded in an assassination attempt. our executive producer is feeds.uing to check defea in the past several weeks there and attacks by insurgents the taliban. we will continue to follow this story. back to you. >> thank you. and i will community could find today of the bodies found by of todayre those g cousins. dozens of people attended a for 9-year-old elizabeth collins and 11-year-old lyric hours after authorities said two bodies were found in a wooded area. the girls disappeared in july while riding bikes. bicycles were found, but no

sign of the girls. an iowa community. >> the first family will light 12 capitol christmas tree hours from now. neil patrick harris will host ceremony, which includes music from james taylor d babyface. jummy olabanji will be in part the pre-show. >> and us your holiday photographs of your lights. >> that would be exciting to do the liveskey shot in your front yard. >> i know. this weekend, if you have been procrastinating, this weekend decorating, sor

we will be warming up. adam caskey is at the national zoo today. good morning. >> good morning. i have a question for you. play poker at the zoo? >> i know where this is going. cheetause of all the hs. [laughter] we're at the national zoo for annualthe sixth event. murphy is with me. ?ow many lights >> more than 500,000. >> half a million. >> we have more than 20,000 new s year, so we are y year. ever you came here in past

years and thought you saw at all, there's more to see again year. what you are looking at is a display in the distance that isright green tree very detailed. that is my favorite part. i love to see the trees detailed .nd wrapped in lights when do you start setting up? >> the first week of october. >> what are the hours of operation? >> from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. weekends. starting december 14 we will be except every night 24, 25, and 31. >> you never promotion? >> military night december 8. members of the military, go to site fornal zoo web details. >> we have a new carousel that's

road, so there's a lot to see and do it. it's 31 degrees right now. theses nice to have all lights. it's going to be in the 40's this afternoon. it is chilly outside, but i know moving warmer weather our way. one.day is the coldest so it's good you are wearing gloves. hat.aybe even a 35 degrees is our temperature, but it feels like 29 at this hour. the wind is out of the north at 13 miles an hour, so it's something to keep in mind. temperature is feeling colder the temperature. in the metro area, mostly dealing with temperatures in the below freezing. 28 in gaithersburg, 23 in frederick. in martinsburg it's only 25 degrees. are 25-035 degrees colder this morning that we were

yesterday morning. definitely will feel that. average high is 50 and our average lowest 35. if we will be close to the average low this morning. lots of sunshine this morning expected. clouds of to the west. that will be approaching late tonight. high-pressure in control now. will dust off pretty quickly. then the warm front. most of the showers will hold the north and west of the metro. forecast, mostly sunny, 41-46. fortnight, partly cloudy skies, 28-36. the extended forecast, cloudy degrees. 52 maybe a sprinkle north and west of the metro. 61 on saturday. that is when i am doing my lights. then the rainfall on sunday and monday. doing lights on too.day, we are very busy with this rush

hour. 395, an accident at duke street. everything had been cleared to but now there's more response. lane is blocked. jammed. coming off the beltway and out springfield, you get the heads up. the beltway, some changes in maryland. an overturned tractor trailer in bethesda, outer loop westbound nfter the exit to go north o 270. they have stopped traffic and letting the two left get by again. bethesda will be jammed. back to you. >> thank you. the job cuts announced by a banking giant while major expansion plans are brewing for a giant coffee. >> paula faris has details. >> good morning. citigroup has announced plans to jobs.,000 investors seem impressed. rose more than 6%.

wall street had a good day. stocks surging for the first time this week. jones rose 82 points yesterday. investors appeared optimistic president obama fiscal cliff deal be reached in about a week. today thee mortgages, obama administration will seniors be really careful before signing those. a new starbucks store is likely to a neighborhood near you. the coffee giant plans to open cafes across the country over the next five averaging two new stores a day.

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>> live and in hd, this is "good morning, washington" on your side. >> straight ahead at 6:30, toscious students head back officialsr school a gun in is due to impose a locker. >> our flirtation with spring to an end.s comes we did not develop a

relationship because the cold is back this morning. let's check in with jacqui jeras. should be.y we >> this is typical early december whether, that is for sure. closer to the averages than what have been seeing. was a chilly start one-year are 25 degrees than the day before. -- when your temperatures are 25 the daycolder than before. 33 in arlington and washington, d.c. it feels more like the upper 20's because of the brisk wind it. 44 at noon and the high about 46. cold, we not like the a warm up coming later week. >> before we get to jamie, we about what is happening on the beltway.

we have a tractor trailer turned over. >> we were just able to talk to a supervisor here on the scene morton's tracking. they are in the process of cleaning 70,000 pounds of blueberries that were inside of the 18 wheeler that is now on its side. -270 spur.d the i there are about one dozen with a bobcat. they have a pallet on the right lane and they are moving box by box. we are told it will take six hours to clean this up. the other 18 wheeler has now arrived. once they unload all of the will put them into this truck. is when the process can the truck.erate e is heavy machinery on the

scene. they have been able to remove the truck. it will take up to six hours. can only a imagine what that do to traffic on the beltway which is already slow going. the driver walked away from this with minor cuts and bruises. he is expected to be ok. reporting live, john gonzales, news. >> several traffic trouble spots out there. >> let's get the run down with jamie. single are still tracking from green and yellow between greenbelt and college park. we are also flying over the attway to take a quick look from overhead. we are already back out of

college park. now the morning delays extend 270.the exit to the no. 4 -- for 270. we are jammed off of 95. crash at landmark no longer blocking lanes. >> we are getting news of a deadly fire in baltimore. >> we have learned an elderly baltimore county man died in a .ouse fire early this morning you can see this is just north the city of baltimore. we will take you closer to where this happened. police say what happened is was such a rural area they had to get water from a source. you can see from google images, this area is pretty rural. like a two lane road. it took two and a half hours to

get the fire contained. they had to exit the home the flames were too intense. two firefighters were hurt. one was taken to the hospital. no word on their conditions right now. they were able to get the fire out and get inside the is when they found inside.rly man are waiting to get more from our abc affiliate in baltimore. >> thank you. students back in class in aearningounty after student brought a gun to school. return,udents and staff still a lot of surrounding the exactly including who involved and why somebody have brought a gun to school. a scare out of fairfax county was found inside of

student at's locker. administrators are saying -- administrators are not saying but he said it was the student posy friend that authorities. the student's friend told authorities. in an e-mail to parents, dan said -- the principal said the action taken to makey all of the students were saved. they -- he said the students were never in any danger. a lot of questions surrounding this. we understand the immediate

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wheels. they broadcasted is live on do television. working the break. that is the best ever. could look at that all day. >> it is 6:41 right now. >> can you imagine a dog driving on the highway? >> we just got word one of the yesterday isd as crews workoday sink hole.g a and then -- that is in st. mary's. could get a doctor drive work, that would be brilliant. -- a dog to drive me to work, that would be brilliant. there is a big difference between today and yesterday, it to where we should be of year.

tell me about it. do you want a dog driving you to work? >> not my dog. he is only 8 pounds. i think what is depressing is colder it is than yesterday. freezing in many areas. the cold temperatures will rise later today. e way it looks. in frederick.der we had through the day, high will bring clear skies. it will be sunny and chilly. we are looking at numbers that the 20's and head into the 40's. >> thank you so much. are busy, first on the metro rail. lines areand yellow schedule.hind around the beltway we are telling you about the tractor-

that overturned. we are overhead tracking the expected back at college park. this is where you would exit 270. the truck is still on its side. o be there for the morning rush hour. >> we will keep an eye on that situation. 6:43 right now. when was the last time you have used a pay phone? >> y

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down. some places you never see them go. a chilly start this morning. temperatures much closer to our seasonal averages. hill with the microphone. >> we are 26 minutes from sunrise. a live look around the city from the rooftop camera. substantially cooler than yesterday. degrees colder than yesterday morning. running in the low 30's. manassas is 35. lots of sunshine. temperatures a little bit cooler average high of 50. will top out at 41-46. if you clouds around the area.

28-36 degrees tonight. a little bit milder in the lower 50's. front starts to saturday night. sunday into monday, maybe some push intod rain as we upper 60's for the day on monday. let's find out how things are rolling along. >> we still have residual delays. no longer tracking between greenbelt and college park. broken down train is taking care of. we still have activity with the camera. you can see on the right side dale city.of be a tough morning on 395. do not get caught off guard through greenbelt. after connecticut avenue, 270, right lane will be blocked

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inside of an 18 now is on its side right lane of the beltway. this is just beyond the 270 spur. right lane closed. we are told that it will take up to six hours to get it all cleaned up. , turningts in stafford to robyn secondary school one day after a gun was found inside of a blocker. e students were never in danger. -- inside of a locker. students are heading back into the classrooms today. many parents believe the was taken. action >> mary ellen henderson middle be closed today. an outside sewage blank -- leak is to blame.

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up. lots of sunshine in the express forecast. is 46.h not like the cold, we be worn by the weekend. chance of showers on sunday and monday. one more check on the commute. >> to 95, accident northbound at malcolm x. two plans are blocked. let's take a look at 395 camera. accident still on the shoulder. we are jammed out of dale city. >> it has been a challenging far.te so we make it through the rest safely. that will do it for "good washington." that will do ihave a good night. here you go. you, too.

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